Premier League and EFL Roundup Week 1: Opening day Premier League drama and more upsets in the Football League
With the Premier League returning this weekend to join the EFL for the new football season, we discuss the opening day and take a look up and down the nation for any standout fixtures.
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00:00 The Premier League season is coming to an end. What are your thoughts on the Champions League?
00:26 In fairness to Burnley, they did create chances against Manchester City and certainly had some good play and good possession.
00:34 But Man City were clinical, as they often tend to be. Erling Haaland picking up very much where he left off last season.
00:42 And then Rodri getting another goal as well, continuing his form from the Champions League final.
00:47 And so in the end, a comfortable victory for Man City to start off the new league campaign.
00:52 Perfect start from one of the Saturday games in the Premier League. 5-1 against Aston Villa. Villa have huge expectations for this season.
01:01 Newcastle sort of shut them down and they've also picked up where they left off last season.
01:07 I think people were far too quick to write off Newcastle this season. They finished fourth last year and yet a lot of people have had Villa ahead of them
01:15 just because of some of the recruitment that they've brought in. And yet the players who played, who are new signings for Villa on Saturday,
01:22 apart from Diaby, who did get a goal, weren't all that good. Tielemans looked very poor, so did Pau Torres.
01:30 I know it's only the first week and obviously Newcastle will be cock-a-hoop with that one.
01:34 You know, top of the league after one week, fantastic for them.
01:38 Going down into the Championship now and it was West Brom against Swansea City.
01:43 West Brom, of course, you know, a bit of turbulence last season, hoping to do better this year.
01:48 Swansea have been away from the Premier League for a little while. Perhaps this is the year they get back up.
01:54 But it was West Brom who came away with three points. Charles, thoughts on that one?
01:59 Yeah, huge win for West Brom and Charlby. I mean, they didn't start the campaign as they'd like to this season so far,
02:06 losing it at Blackburn and losing it against Stoke in the EFL Cup as well. So an early exit there as well.
02:11 So fans might have been thinking, you know, we haven't had the backing over the summer.
02:15 We needed to sort of come into this season and do well and that's not the ideal start.
02:20 But a win against Swansea, albeit a close one, they went three and it up.
02:25 Swansea almost, almost putting things back to level with goals in the 74th minute and then the 80th minute.
02:32 So positives to take from both sides. West Brom are off the mark now in the Championship season.
02:37 Swansea played two, drawn one, lost one. So maybe not the best start for them so far.
02:44 But, you know, plenty of positives to take sort of trying to get back in that game.
02:48 Obviously, the man of the match was Harry Darling as well, who had a fantastic game.
02:54 But yeah, plenty to work on for both sides. But great for Albion and Swansea.
02:59 Shouldn't write them off too soon, but I think they've got a lot to prove.
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